Supported by: Paul Sweeney*, Tess White*, Miles Briggs*, Annabelle Ewing*, Alexander Stewart*, Jeremy Balfour*, Annie Wells*, Bill Kidd*, Kevin Stewart*, Colin Beattie*, Brian Whittle*, Sue Webber*, Fulton MacGregor* Monday 4 August 2025 11 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan *S6M-18433 Paul O'Kane: Neilston Youth to Spend a Year Teaching Abroad —That the Parliament understands that Rosalin Ferns, a young resident of the East Renfrewshire village of Neilston and former pupil of Eastwood High School, will be spending a year teaching abroad; further understands that, after applying to Project Trust, which is a volunteering charity, Rosalin has taken the opportunity to travel to La Unión, which is a small village in the Lempira district of Honduras, to teach at a bilingual Christian school; notes that Rosalin will teach a variety of primary-aged year groups across a range of subjects, as well as run after-school and weekend activities; congratulates Rosalin, who graduated from Eastwood High in June 2025, for choosing to dedicate a year helping other young people to succeed in education; further congratulates Rosalin for what it sees as their evident history of helping others at Eastwood High, including as a wellbeing ambassador, who oversaw the Healthier Mind Peer Mentoring Programme, and as a language ambassador, who provided additional support for pupils learning Spanish; notes that, to raise funds for their travel, Rosalin is taking part in Project Trust’s Race Across the World, a campaign that helps volunteers raise the funds that they need for their volunteering project; further notes the Race Across the World Campaign requires Project Trust volunteers to collectively travel 3,500 miles, the distance from London to Ethiopia, and congratulates Rosalin for already raising the full amount of funds required for their summer of volunteering, Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Annie Wells*, Sandesh Gulhane*, Bill Kidd*, Colin Beattie*, Annabelle Ewing*, Jeremy Balfour*, Paul Sweeney*, Pam Gosal*, Tess White*, Sue Webber*, Fulton MacGregor* *S6M-18432 Alexander Stewart: Duncan Scott Helps to Set a New British Record in Japan— That the Parliament congratulates Duncan Scott on helping to set a new British record during the opening night of swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships; understands that the swimmer, who is originally from Alloa and is Scotland’s most decorated Olympian, is currently in Singapore as a member of the Great British team at the competition, which began on 11 July and runs until 3 August 2025; acknowledges that diving, water polo, artistic swimming and open water swimming events have also featured at the meeting; notes that Duncan started with the men’s 4x100 metres freestyle, where he lined-up alongside Jacob Mills, Jacob Henry Whittle and Tom Dean in the heats and qualified for the final, for which Matthew Richards replaced Dean, with Scott swimming the final leg...